Vaccines

At Bristol Pediatrics, our doctors have dedicated their lives to support your child’s health and wellness. We believe one of the most important services we can provide to our patients is vaccinations against life threatening diseases. We strongly agree with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommended and evidence-based vaccination schedule.

That being said, we recognize that there has always been and likely always will be controversy surrounding vaccination. Although we have studied and agree that current scientific evidence supports vaccination, we are very sensitive to the concerns of families. We recognize that the choice may be a very emotional one for some parents. We will do everything we can to convince you that vaccinating according to schedule is the right thing to do. However, if you have doubts, please ask us your pediatrician during your visit. We pledge to work with families to assure their concerns are addressed. Please be advised, however, that delaying or “breaking up the vaccines” to give them over multiple visits, goes against expert recommendations and can put your child at risk for serious illness (or even death). This is against our well researched advice as physicians here at Bristol Pediatrics.

We believe vaccines are safe. We believe vaccines are effective. We believe that vaccines do not cause autism or other development delays. We believe this is the single most important health intervention you as a parent can make.

Thanks to our partnership with Vaccines for Children (VFC) as of Summer 2018, we are able to vaccinate all patients in our office. Those will Medicaid will no longer have to go to the health department for immunizations.